Safin Equestrian

03/09/2024

HORSE TRANSPORT ALBANY - PERTH
Monday (9/9)
Please PM addresses for an exact quote but approx $200 per bay 💜

03/09/2024

Hey everyone, just a heads up that Chris, Eli, and I will be heading to Perth Monday so lessons will be suspended for a few days 🥲. I will contact everyone with bookings individually. Bailey will be keeping an eye on things here with help from our close friends, regular riders and agistees. On that note please let me know if you’d like to help out while we’re gone 💜🤞🏽

01/09/2024

Spot Atlas, Astrid, and of course little Merlin 💜🦄

22/08/2024

Anyone got a secondhand wetsuit or seen any around op shops that might fit Eli before I buy new? 💜

16/08/2024

HORSE TRANSPORT ALBANY - PERTH

Date tbc but early September, good loaders only for this run unless they can come to home (Kronkup) a few days prior for some truck training.

Please message addresses for a quote, approx $200 per bay 🙏🏻

10/08/2024

For everyone who’s asked about sweet Dusty, here he is living his best life with his family 💜👌🏽

08/08/2024

So so worth sharing, brilliant article 🙏🏻

📊 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙊𝙛 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜

🗯️ It can become incredibly frustrating trying to establish whether your horse needs to gain, maintain, or lose weight, and sadly our society seems to favour overweight horses as "normal" or "healthy" which can make managing our equine friends' figures that much harder.

🏇🏻 I have lost track of how many times I have read a post seeking weight gain recommendations for a Thoroughbred who is a 5/9 on the Henneke Body Condition Scoring System and is simply lacking a little muscle over their topline, but is certainly not underweight. Need I cast a gentle reminder that breeds such as Thoroughbreds are typically quite a lean and athletic horse and are certainly not supposed to look like a Welsh Cob in terms of build?

⚖️ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙠𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢

If this is an unfamiliar phrase, it might be insightful to establish where your horse's body condition falls on this numerical-based system. I'll post a photo of the visual chart in the comments, but for now this is the general ruling of the system:

1️⃣ Poor
Extremely emaciated; no fatty tissue; vertebrae, ribs, tail head, and bones of withers, shoulder, and neck are visible.

2️⃣ Very thin
Emaciated; slight tissue cover over bones; vertebrae, ribs, tail head, and bones of withers, shoulder, and neck are visible.

3️⃣ Thin
Slight fat cover over body; individual vertebrae and ribs no longer visibly discernible; withers, shoulders, and neck do not appear overly thin.

4️⃣ Moderately thin
Ridge of spine and outline of ribs are visible; tail head may or may not be visible depending on the breed; withers, shoulders, and neck do not appear overly thin.

5️⃣ Moderate
Spine and ribs cannot be seen however ribs can be felt; tail head is spongy; withers, shoulders, and neck are rounded and smooth.

6️⃣ Moderately fleshy
Slight crease down spine; ribs and tail head feel spongy; fat deposits along withers and neck and behind shoulders.

7️⃣ Fleshy
Crease down spine; ribs have fat filling between them; tail head spongy; fat deposits along withers and neck and behind shoulders.

8️⃣ Fat
Apparent crease down spine; ribs difficult to feel; soft fat surrounding tail head; fat deposits along withers, behind shoulders, and on inner thighs; neck is large.

9️⃣ Extremely fat
Obvious crease down spine; patchy fat on ribs; bulging fat on tail head, withers, behind shoulders, and on neck; fat fills in flank and on inner thighs.

🐎 Depending on the horse's breed and performance requirements, an ideal body condition score (BCS) falls somewhere between 4 and 6 on the Henneke Body Condition Scoring System.

💠 An actively racing Thoroughbred or hard working and competing Australian Stock Horse would be considered an optimal BCS if they sat around 4-5/9.

💠 A Shetland Pony or Quarter Horse who engages in Pony Club or weekend trail riding would be considered optimal for their breed if they sat around 5-6/9.

💠 Foals, weanlings, and yearlings of any breed are safest if kept at a BCS of 4-5 to prevent unnecessary strain on their developing bones and joints. A serious welfare issue is seeing weanlings or yearlings at a BCS of 6-7/9 and their owners parading them around for being "chunky" and "round" not knowing how much increased risk there is of these horses maturing with developmental diseases such as OCD.

💠 Contrary to what many feel, I believe it is safer and less damaging to have a horse sit at 3-4/9 than it is to have a horse sit at 7-8/9. Choosing to do nothing about an obviously overweight horse is just as much of a welfare and health problem as it is to have a malnourished horse left unattended.

🐴 A glimpse of ribs is an unfair and unreasonable means of determining whether a horse is underweight or not. Ribs that are slightly visible or easily palpable should make most horse owners feel good about their horse's condition. Remember, fat does not equate to muscle, so if your horse is lacking topline or hindquarter 'coverage,' it does not necessarily mean they need to gain weight, it might just mean they need to develop muscle mass with improved or altered diet, exercise, body work, and even hoof care.

06/08/2024

Thanks to Tracy from SpecialT Animal Health for treating a few of our herd yesterday! This very sensitive boy had his first session yesterday and handled it well, thanks to your quiet vibe and extra care 💜

05/08/2024

Baby Rocket having a baby moment 🤣 when you want to roll but also finish your brekky 🤣

01/08/2024

Oh sweet Popsie, we miss you here but so happy you’re doing well and so loved 💜

We are the very grateful recipients of a donation from the Anglican Parish of Denmark-Walpole with treasured support from the volunteers at the Anglican Mustard Seed Op Shop to purchase our lovely horse Popeye, who was previously leased and we now own, securing his career with Denmark HorsePower. Many thanks to Pat Gill and the Denmark Bulletin for the photos and article below:

26/07/2024

Thanks for looking after the girls this morning Wendy! We appreciate you so much, especially with my weak stomach 🤣🤮Great Southern Equine Veterinary

25/07/2024

Thanks to Great Southern Farrier Service for braving the weather and taking care of our babies, including my very sensitive little old man and first-timer Spruce 💜👌🏽

14/07/2024

Love being able to offer our beautiful clients a variety of riding, including some trails on the property. A bush ride while still being safely enclosed on the property is a great de-stresser, as demonstrated by Krysten’s smile 😄

05/07/2024

Thanks for the beautiful card and chatterbox Neytiri! We love that you addressed it to Saf too! You are doing wonderfully here, and building confidence and skills so quickly 💜

28/06/2024

Thanks to Sian from Great Southern Farrier Service for shoeing Karma today! Awesome set up and facilities, even a cute pup to amuse Eli, and some geese to expose the red dragon to 🤣👌🏽

19/06/2024

Hi everyone. We have a standy gelding here looking for a home. Hasn’t been in work for a few years but was previously a quiet bush and beach horse. Not sure on age, guessing early teens but I will share his brand to anyone seriously interested. Please note he is not the stereotypical fat and lives off nothing standy, he needs hard feed and regular hoof trims. Happy to help bring him into work. To a loving home only, this is a sad situation and rehome. Please PM questions, I’ll find some photos if there’s much interest but prefer for people to come meet him and chat. 🙏🏻

14/06/2024

Loving this boy, 4th ride and out bush, a credit to his family 💜

12/06/2024

Anyone want some horse poo? We will have a little loader here Sunday so could load trailers 😃. Good for gardens, we don’t feed raw grains so minimal weeds, some of it is quite old and broken down to mulchy stuff. Cute pic of one of the contributors with his family 💜

09/06/2024

Really fun day at Denmark Pony Club - PCWA with our riders coming home with ribbons and prizes despite everyone having been under the weather, and someone forgetting part of her test 🤣

Beautiful Bella, who has only been riding consistently for less than a year, took young Atlas out and ended up with 2nd overall in her group! We are very proud of you sweetheart, especially with how well you coped with his sprightly-ness!

Special mention to the beautiful little Astrid, who we took a real chance on buying but is now going around so quietly as a first pony for ‘her’ kid Eden. As always a lot to work on but as a team they did us proud winning their class overall 🥰👌🏽🥰 Thankyou to Bella and Eden’s class sponsor, the wonderful Whole Herd Therapies and SaddleFit with Janine Bell.

Eli had a fun day as always, getting really good at his rising trot on both Saf and Merlin. Well done little man, and thankyou to Di from Promotional Ponies for her extremely generous sponsorship of his class 💜

05/06/2024

😍😍😍 life lately 😍😍😍

20/05/2024

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Entries are now open for Day 2 of our 2024 Combined Training Highpoint Series. Follow the link to Global Entries Online:
https://globalentriesonline.com.au/event/11578
Entries will close on Friday, 31st May. We look forward to seeing you there!
Denmark Pony Club would like to thank the series sponsors for supporting our event Safin Equestrian; Promotional Ponies, Whole Herd Therapies and SaddleFit with Janine Bell; Freedom Exercise Physiology; Albany Horseworld; and Irwin Downs - The Fleay Family.

28/04/2024

Really fun day at Denmark Pony Club - PCWA Combined Training yesterday! First time competing for Bella, Eden, and Atlas and we are super proud of them 💜 Chris was too sore to ride after a fall last week but enjoyed leading Eli x 2 🤣. Thankyou to the club, volunteers, judges, sponsors, and all involved in putting on this always lovely event 🙏🏻

26/04/2024

Beautiful Astrid 💜🦄

19/04/2024

What a life 💜🙏🏻🦄

15/04/2024

EVERYONE!!! We are hacked. Please stop sending your phone numbers and codes for them 🙏🏻🙏🏻😢 report if you can please xx

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